Who has qualified for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil?

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With two games remaining in the bid for World Cup qualification, who has already got the job done and secured themselves qualification for the tournament?

until the very last game in their qualifying group. They must beat Montenegro and Ukraine to be 100% certain of qualification.

But who has already qualified for the World Cup in Brazil next year? As hosts, Brazil are automatically in and they were joined by Japan, Australia, Iran and South Korea who qualified through from the Asian Football Confederation.

Here’s how it shapes up elsewhere around the globe:

Africa

The qualification set-up in Africa is reasonably convoluted – there are currently 10 groups of four teams that are playing each other twice, with the group winners advancing to five two-legged knock-out ties that will determine the continent’s five representatives in Brazil.

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The teams to go through to the play-offs are: Ethiopia; Ghana; Ivory Coast; Nigeria; Egypt; Cameroon; Senegal; Algeria; Burkina Faso; and Cape Verde.

Qualification will be decided when the play-offs take place in October and November.

Europe

Most teams here have two games left. There are nine groups, with the winners from each going through automatically and the eight best runners up contesting play-offs to determine the final four qualifiers.

Italy have secured qualification for themselves after running away with Group B. Holland have also secured qualification in Group D.

Elsewhere, Switzerland, Germany and Belgium each need just one point from their remaining two games to secure qualification.

Russia will qualify from Group F if they can win their final two games, Portugal are one point behind them, and might need to go through the play-offs to qualify.

Bosnia-Herzegovina and Greece are tied on 19 points in Group G, either side could qualify with two games remaining, although Bosnia-Herzegovina have a far superior goal difference.

Group I is the most fun, with Spain and France equal on points, though Spain have a game in hand.

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North and Central America

USA and Costa Rica have secured automatic qualification from the American qualifying group, but Mexico, who were on course for the third automatic qualification spot, have had a string of terrible results and now find themselves in danger of missing out. Honduras are currently in the third spot which would see them qualify automatically, and Panama are in fourth spot, which would see them go into a play-off.

South America

None of the South American teams have secured automatic qualification as yet, although Argentina, Colombia and Chile are looking likely to go through, with Ecuador and Uruguay breathing down their necks.

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